Public bug reported:
on fresh jaunty upgrade (from hardy): linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic
firmware have been correrctly installed:
$ ls /lib/firmware/b43
a0g0bsinitvals4.fw a0g1initvals5.fw lp0bsinitvals13.fw pcm5.fw
a0g0bsinitvals5.fw a0g1initvals9.fw lp0bsinitvals14.fw ucode11.fw
a0g0bsinitvals9.fw b0g0bsinitvals13.fw lp0bsinitvals15.fw ucode13.fw
a0g0initvals4.fw b0g0bsinitvals4.fw lp0initvals13.fw ucode14.fw
a0g0initvals5.fw b0g0bsinitvals5.fw lp0initvals14.fw ucode15.fw
a0g0initvals9.fw b0g0bsinitvals9.fw lp0initvals15.fw ucode4.fw
a0g1bsinitvals13.fw b0g0initvals13.fw n0absinitvals11.fw ucode5.fw
a0g1bsinitvals5.fw b0g0initvals4.fw n0bsinitvals11.fw ucode9.fw
a0g1bsinitvals9.fw b0g0initvals5.fw n0initvals11.fw
a0g1initvals13.fw b0g0initvals9.fw pcm4.fw
dmesg tells:
$ dmesg|grep b43
[ 4.035264] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNK3] -> GSI 17
(level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 20.026166] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[ 30.406696] input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input10
[ 30.436053] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[ 30.509742] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw
[ 30.515922] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
[ 30.534225] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
[ 30.656054] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
[ 30.717720] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[ 30.717740] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[ 30.717759] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 30.732050] b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software
All seem OK as for hardy heron, but iwconfig cannot access my AP:
$ iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"sxxxxxo"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
This used to work at rate 1MB with b43 on Hardy, but now i can see b43
cannot acces the only access point of my ESSID (distant of 2 meters).
b43legacy seems to not recognize my chip at all.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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jaunty: b43 not able to link an access point with BCM4306
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/391020
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